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Bonneville Power Administration reverses 30 job cuts, continues with plans to eliminate 430 positions

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Roughly 130 of BPA’s more than 3,000 employees were told they’d been dismissed last week, as part of large-scale job cuts initiated by the Trump administration. But 30 of those workers were later deemed critical to BPA’s core work to manage power across the Pacific Northwest, strengthen the electrical grid and keep the lights on.

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Bonneville Power Administration reverses 30 job cuts, continues with plans to eliminate 430 positions

Roughly 130 of BPA’s more than 3,000 employees were told they’d been dismissed last week, as part of large-scale job cuts initiated by the Trump administration. But 30 of those workers were later deemed critical to BPA’s core work to manage power across the Pacific Northwest, strengthen the electrical grid and keep the lights on.

·Portland, United States
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30 Bonneville Power workers get jobs back amid hundreds of layoffs and buyouts

Powerlines above the Columbia River move electricity from the Bonneville Dam to customers across the region in Hood River County, Oregon, on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle)After an uproar over staffing cuts at the Bonneville Power Administration, the Trump administration is trying to rehire a handful of staffers it laid off last week.  Bonneville, a federal agency funded by ratepayers instead of Congress, has seen…

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Wyden, Merkley respond to Bonneville Power Administration layoffs

For the full letter from Sen. Wyden and Sen. Merkley, head to this link. © 2025 KOBI-TV NBC5. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated. Tags … Full story here. More Sen. Wyden News Published by kobi5.com The post Wyden, Merkley respond to Bonneville Power Administration layoffs appeared first on Quorum Call.

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WYDEN, MERKLEY DEMAND ANSWERS ON BPA CUTS, IMPACT ON ELECTRIC GRID

February 18, 2025 3:30 p.m.  Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said they are demanding that President Donald Trump answer questions about his administration’s deep job cuts at the Bonneville Power Administration. A joint release from the lawmakers said the “reckless and financially ludicrous decisions add up to undermine the dependability of the electric grid for Oregon and the entire Pacific Northwest”. A letter to President Trump from Wyden …

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KQEN News Radio broke the news in on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
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